Alberta Election 2023: UCP and NDP Major Wins and Losses

UCP Leader Premier Danielle Smith (L) speaks at an economic forum in Calgary, Alta., on April 18, 2023, and NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley addresses the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 15, 2022, in this compilation photo. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

The UCP won another majority government in the May 29 Alberta election, confirming late-stage polling projections close to election day. The party took almost all the seats outside of the major urban centres, while losing all ridings in Edmonton, and edged out in a number of Calgary ridings.

Some of the biggest losers of the election were the smaller parties, whose share of the popular vote went down to 3 percent from 12 percent in 2019.